How To Enable Hidden Administrator Account In Windows. In this article, you will get to know how to enable a built-in Administrator account in Windows and how to disable Administrator account in Windows. In the first versions of the Windows Administrator account was created by default. But, in some of the new versions of Windows, it is not enabled. If you are troubleshooting something that needs to run as an administrator, you can enable it with a simple command.
The built-in Administrator has a lot more privileges, than a regular administrator account. If you use it regularly, you can get into trouble. Only use the built-in Administrator account, if you are troubleshooting some specific problem and disable it when you finish the task.
How To Enable Hidden Administrator Account In Windows?
To enable a hidden built-in Administrator account in Windows:
1.Type cmd in the Windows search bar.
2.Right click on the top search and choose ‘Run as administrator’.
3.You can also use the Ctrl+Shift+Enter shortcut from the search box.
4.In Windows 10, 11, or 8.1, right-click on the Start button and choose to open a command prompt.
5.Type the following command in the command prompt.
net user administrator /active:yes
6.You will see a message that the command was completed successfully.
7.Log out and you’ll now see the Administrator account as a choice.
How To Disable the Built-in Administrator Account In Windows?
To disable the built-in Administrator account in Windows:
1.Logged in as your regular user account.
2.Then open an administrator mode command prompt as above.
3.Type the following command:
net user administrator /active:no
4.The administrator account will now be disabled.
5.It will disappear from the login screen.